DRG 308 · Cardiovascular

Cardiac Arrhythmia Cost in Massachusetts — Compare All Hospitals

Hospitalization for cardiac arrhythmia and conduction disorders, including atrial fibrillation and supraventricular tachycardia.

State average
$88,685
gross charge · DRG 308
Hospitals
14
with published pricing
Price range
$17,353 – $314,443
low to high
Lowest $17,353 Highest $314,443

14 Massachusetts hospitals publish gross charges for cardiac arrhythmia (DRG 308). Prices range from $17,353 to $314,443 — roughly 18×. The cheapest is Lowell General Hospital in Lowell; the most expensive is Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital in Jamaica Plain. The state average sits at $88,685.

These numbers are list prices — what the hospital bills before any insurance adjustment. Insurance plans negotiate substantial discounts, Medicare and Medicaid pay fixed federal rates, and uninsured patients can usually qualify for a cash-pay discount. But the gross charge still works as a useful benchmark: a hospital that lists cardiac arrhythmia at twice the price of another typically negotiates higher rates with insurers too, and quotes more for uninsured patients.

You usually don't choose a hospital during an urgent cardiac arrhythmia admission. This page is for the planning side: patients with chronic conditions weighing their options, caregivers picking ahead of time, or employers comparing in-network facilities. Click any hospital name for its full quality profile — CMS overall star rating, mortality and readmission rates, patient-experience scores. When two nearby hospitals look similar on quality, the one with lower published charges is the safer default for routine medical admissions.

Pricing comes from each hospital's Machine-Readable File (MRF), published under the federal Hospital Price Transparency Rule. Massachusetts hospitals missing from the list either don't perform cardiac arrhythmia in volume, haven't published a usable price for DRG 308 in their most recent MRF, or fell below our data-quality thresholds (we filter out clearly erroneous entries like $0 charges). The list refreshes as hospitals update their files.

Hospitals ranked by gross charge

  1. 1

    Lowell General Hospital

    Lowell, MA

    52 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $17,353
    Cash pay $12,147
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,790
  2. 2

    MelroseWakefield Hospital

    Melrose, MA

    33 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $17,353
    Cash pay $12,147
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,634
  3. 3

    Tufts Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $17,353
    Cash pay $12,147
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,384
  4. 4

    Newton-Wellesley Hospital

    Newton, MA

    53 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $28,831
    Cash pay $21,623
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,935
  5. 5

    Cambridge Health Alliance

    Cambridge, MA

    Gross charge $34,303
  6. 6

    Cooley Dickinson Hospital

    Northampton, MA

    24 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $38,221
    Cash pay $28,666
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,678
  7. 7

    Mercy Medical Center

    Springfield, MA

    14 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $42,929
    Cash pay $23,611
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,472
  8. 8

    Umass Memorial Healthalliance Hospitals

    Leominster, MA

    21 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,422
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,393
  9. 9

    Umass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital

    Southbridge, MA

    11 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,422
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,102
  10. 10

    Umass Memorial Medical Center/University Campus

    Worcester, MA

    54 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $45,422
    Medicare pays (avg) $14,496
  11. 11

    Massachusetts General Hospital

    Boston, MA

    55 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $62,651
    Cash pay $46,988
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,844
  12. 12

    Southcoast Hospitals Group

    Fall River, MA

    138 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $217,438
    Cash pay $10,732
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,832
  13. 13

    Brigham and Women's Hospital

    Boston, MA

    63 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $314,443
    Medicare pays (avg) $13,655
  14. 14

    Brigham and Women's Faulkner Hospital

    Jamaica Plain, MA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge $314,443
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,164
  15. 15

    Saint Anne's Hospital

    Fall River, MA

    19 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,931
  16. 16

    Holyoke Medical Center

    Holyoke, MA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $9,156
  17. 17

    Berkshire Medical Center (Acute Care)

    Pittsfield, MA

    37 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $11,618
  18. 18

    Heywood Hospital

    Gardner, MA

    Gross charge
  19. 19

    Athol Hospital

    Athol, MA

    Gross charge
  20. 20

    Mount Auburn Hospital

    Cambridge, MA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,738
  21. 21

    Baystate Franklin Medical Center

    Greenfield, MA

    13 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,407
  22. 22

    Anna Jaques Hospital

    Newburyport, MA

    17 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,168
  23. 23

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Needham

    Needham, MA

    16 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,205
  24. 24

    Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

    Boston, MA

    34 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $12,710
  25. 25

    New England Baptist Hospital

    Boston, MA

    Gross charge
  26. 26

    Winchester Hospital

    Winchester, MA

    30 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,176
  27. 27

    Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital - Milton

    Milton, MA

    12 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $8,766
  28. 28

    Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, Burlington

    Burlington, MA

    55 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $10,043
  29. 29

    Fairview Hospital

    Great Barrington, MA

    Gross charge
  30. 30

    Falmouth Hospital

    Falmouth, MA

    20 Medicare stays/yr
    Gross charge
    Medicare pays (avg) $7,442

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